SOL-520-11-000011 - Amendment No. 1 - Attachment 4b.doc

USAID/GUATEMALA CENTRAL AMERICAN PROGRAMS

ORDER No.: 6.19 “B”

SUBJECT: Value Added Tax (VAT) Exemption Procedures

REFERENCE: GOG Decree #78 of 9/1/1954, Valued Added Tax

(Impuesto al Valor Agregado – IVA) Law #27/92 and its Amendments

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 1, 2005

SUPERSEDES: N/A

PAGE: 1 of 2

USAID Mission Order 6.19 and Amendment 6.19 “A” are hereby amended to read as follows:

Article V. AUTHORIZING OFFICERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

“The persons listed below are accountable for the forms, and are also designated to sign them for OE or project procurement, depending on their area of responsibility, and for personal use by eligible employees as listed in Section III.B.

“BLANK FORMS SHOULD NOT BE SIGNED.

“Glenn Anders, Director (DIR)

Todd Amani, Deputy Director (DIR)

Carrie Thompson, Chief, Project Development and Management Office (PDM)

Lisa Magno, Project Development Officer (PDM)

William K. Elderbaum, Executive Officer (EXO)

Victor Díaz De León, Deputy Executive Officer (EXO)

Richard Layton, Controller (FMO)

James Stein, Director, Enterprise, Trade and Environment Office (ETEO)

Jill Kelley, Environmental Officer (ETEO)

Loren Stoddard, Deputy Director, Enterprise, Trade and Environment Office (ETEO)

Charles Oberbeck, Senior Policy Advisor (ETEO)

Victoria Walton, Senior Regional Trade and Investment Advisor (ETEO)

José Garzón, Chief, Office of Democratic Initiatives (ODI)

Julia Richards, Chief, Office of Health and Education (OH&E)

Martin McLaughlin, Education Advisor (OH&E)

Stanley Terrell, HIV/AIDS Team Leader (OH&E)

Isabel Stout, Health Advisor (OH&E)”

Article VII. PROCEDURES

Paragraph D.

“D. All senior secretaries must log in all the IVA forms in the IVA Icon [Módulo de Administración de Exenciones (IVA Exemption Administration Module)] on a daily basis and should return the copies to the Travel Office every two weeks, in order to obtain a new stock of forms. (For more instructions on the reporting requirements, refer to Section VIII of this Mission Order.)”

Article VIII. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

“The Ministry of Finance requires all diplomatic missions in Guatemala to prepare a quarterly report which shows the usage of all IVA Exemption Forms per month. It is the responsibility of the officers designated in Section V above to ensure that IVA exemption forms are logged in on a daily basis, and reported to EXO biweekly.

“These reports will then be consolidated by the Travel Office and sent to the Ministry of Finance quarterly within the first ten working days of the respective month.

“Senior secretaries or their designees will have access to the IVA program on a permanent basis. The IVA program will be available under the ‘IVA’ Icon.”

ALL OTHER TERMS REMAIN IN EFFECT.

William K. Elderbaum

Executive Officer

Approved by Todd Amani, Acting Director on

Friday November 4, 2005

RFP No. SOL-520-11-000011 - SJSRP

Amendment 1

Attachment 4